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2009-06-19 -Short Attention Span Theater-

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Posted by Mike 2009-06-19 15:36|| || Front Page|| [11126 views ] Top

#1 This voting present is bull! At least the loon Ron Paul has the stones to stand up and be counted. We did not vote our reps into a country club, we vote for them to represent us, to be counted. We should eliminate the voting "present" crap!

Posted by 49 Pan 2009-06-19 16:06|| 2009-06-19 16:06|| Front Page Top

#2 Seeing the nearly unanamious support for this statement from the House, The One will nod his head and say "That's just what I said last week". I wish he would prove me wrong, but with his ego, he can't help but take credit for someone else's initiative - if it's popular enough.

Posted by Richard of Oregon 2009-06-19 16:23|| 2009-06-19 16:23|| Front Page Top

#3 definition of "Realism"
the process of turning rubes into neocons

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2009-06-19 18:41|| 2009-06-19 18:41|| Front Page Top

#4 Second that Bullshit.

1. You, as elected public official, are supposed to be there.

2. You, as elected public official, are obliged to convey the opinion of your constituants.

therefore, vote of present is bullshit.

Posted by swksvolFF 2009-06-19 19:31|| 2009-06-19 19:31|| Front Page Top

#5 For the first time ever, I have something to thank Rep. Tammy Baldwin for.

I have also written my senators, asking whether the senate is also considering such a resolution, and asking whether they'd ask Mr. Obama to take a stronger stand. I'll get boilerplate back from Kohl; but with Feingold, you never know. Usually he sends boilerplate, but sometimes he sends useful information.

Posted by mom">mom 2009-06-19 20:22|| 2009-06-19 20:22|| Front Page Top

#6 Re Paul: Sometimes the lone voice crying in the wilderness really is just a loon. I'd vote for Rue Paul before I's vote for Ron Paul.

Posted by Gomez Graing8130 2009-06-19 20:54|| 2009-06-19 20:54|| Front Page Top

#7 at AOSHQ - the mere mention of the POS WHO SHOULD NOT BE NAMED drew Paulbots in like flies to shit. Why not get the Jim Jones Koolaid out and satisfy these masochistic idiot's needs quickly and relieve us all of their crap

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2009-06-19 21:02|| 2009-06-19 21:02|| Front Page Top

#8 Loebsack is my representative, unfortunately.

He doesn't always vote present. He was very very happy to vote for TARP, the stupid enforced volunteer bill that passed awhile back, and many other pieces of pork.

If they would have porked this one up, I'm sure he would have voted for it. Pathetic weasel.

Posted by Cornsilk Blondie 2009-06-19 22:56|| 2009-06-19 22:56|| Front Page Top

#9 Got motivated enough to look up Loebsack's webpage, and sent him a missive. (He only accepts them from his constituents, how nice.)

Here's what I wrote him:

Dear Representative Loebsack,

I am extremely disgusted that you could only bring yourself to vote "present" on the resolution supporting Iranian dissidents.

I know that it probably wouldn't have helped them. That's not the point.

The point is, there are people who are literally dying to have their votes count....and instead of standing with them, as 405 of your colleagues did, you took the coward's way out by voting "present".

Your vote has put me in the strange position of actually respecting Ron Paul more than you. I don't like the way he voted, but at least he had the moxie to stand on his convictions.

Edmund Burke once said "All that is necessary for evil to triumph is that good men do nothing."

I do believe that you are a good man, but you truly did nothing with your vote when it counted.

Posted by Cornsilk Blondie 2009-06-19 23:14|| 2009-06-19 23:14|| Front Page Top

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